On 1/30/14 10:43 : , Chris Barker wrote:
> I’m no expert, Tina, and the radiation from a Kindle or Nook is probably
> minute, but I believe that it’s still emitting something even though its WiFi
> is off.
>
> And yes, I’m sure that it’s mobile phones that might be the real threat — if
> there is one.
>
> Chris
>
> On 30 Jan 2014, at 14:06, Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> The point is that the Kindle is not on and not connected to anything! It's
>> just like reading a book. There's not even a backlight on. I do turn my
>> cell phone off.
The Mythbusters program proved a couple of years ago that modern
cellphones do not interfere with avionics. One of the reasons the FAA
lifted the ban is that a number of airlines had switched their pilots
from using paper flight logs to iPads, and those were right up there in
the cockpit, right next to the electronics...
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